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2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

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Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

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I can give my own example of an utterly astonishing gob-smacking sight which turned out to have a fairly simple explanation. I invite people to speculate on what it was... About 7am I was travelling in a ferry on Sydney Harbour about 400m east of the bridge. I saw a giant (50m diameter?) golden glowing ball hover on the other (west) side of the bridge. It was definitely not on the bridge. It maintained its position f…

Blimp?

Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

#12

I can give my own example of an utterly astonishing gob-smacking sight which turned out to have a fairly simple explanation. I invite people to speculate on what it was... About 7am I was travelling in a ferry on Sydney Harbour about 400m east of the bridge. I saw a giant (50m diameter?) golden glowing ball hover on the other (west) side of the bridge. It was definitely not on the bridge. It maintained its position f…

Reflection of some light source in the window?

Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

#14

I can give my own example of an utterly astonishing gob-smacking sight which turned out to have a fairly simple explanation. I invite people to speculate on what it was... About 7am I was travelling in a ferry on Sydney Harbour about 400m east of the bridge. I saw a giant (50m diameter?) golden glowing ball hover on the other (west) side of the bridge. It was definitely not on the bridge. It maintained its position f…

The Sun?

Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

#15

I can give my own example of an utterly astonishing gob-smacking sight which turned out to have a fairly simple explanation. I invite people to speculate on what it was... About 7am I was travelling in a ferry on Sydney Harbour about 400m east of the bridge. I saw a giant (50m diameter?) golden glowing ball hover on the other (west) side of the bridge. It was definitely not on the bridge. It maintained its position f…

Reflection of some light source in the window?

Very warm. But why didn't it (appear to) move in relation to other things. It should have since I was moving south around 20km/h.

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Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

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post #14

I can give my own example of an utterly astonishing gob-smacking sight which turned out to have a fairly simple explanation. I invite people to speculate on what it was... About 7am I was travelling in a ferry on Sydney Harbour about 400m east of the bridge. I saw a giant (50m diameter?) golden glowing ball hover on the other (west) side of the bridge. It was definitely not on the bridge. It maintained its position f…

The Sun?

In the west? But that's a good hint.

Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

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The key question here is not if these stories are true, or what the objects may be. The question is... Why does the government want to bring UFOs to the fore at this time?

I was wondering that too -- also in the news recently, the "interstellar object" that for some reason has attracted enough attention to scan it for "alien life", whatever that means.

https://www.space.com/39100-interstellar-object-oumuamua-ali...

Is this leading up to some big news story to deflect news from something else?

Re: 2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reflection of some light source in the window?

Very warm. But why didn't it (appear to) move in relation to other things. It should have since I was moving south around 20km/h. || me brdge giantball | || v ||

because it’s the reflection of the sun, and it’s far away, so if you move, the reflection moves too? Which if true lets me guess you live in Manly?
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